Email Author Dennis Romero

Awards

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 30, 2010

  "Death, Money and Megaraves"

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2013 Stories by Dennis Romero

• Teacher's Aide Molested Teen In Full View of High School Camera, Cops Say

  published May 13, 2013

  A teacher's aide molested a teen girl at a local high school, and it was caught on tape. So says the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, which today announced the arrest over the weekend of Juan Carlos... More >>

• Doctor Ran One-Stop Shop For Hydrocodone, Marijuana Prescriptions, Feds Allege

  published May 13, 2013

  A West Hollywood doctor served as a one-stop shop for both hydrocodone (a.k.a. OxyContin) prescriptions and medical marijuana recommendations. So say federal prosecutors who today announced that Jame... More >>

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  Cocaine Vaccine Could Block High, Save Hollywood

  published May 13, 2013

  Good news for Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen, and celebrity clubbers everywhere. Maybe. Researchers are getting closer to inventing an anti-cocaine vaccine that works on humans. The academics announced... More >>

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  Silver Lake Reservoir Robbers Target Joggers

  published May 13, 2013

  Cops are on the lookout for two or three robbers who have targeted joggers around the Silver Lake Reservoir in recent weeks. So far the LAPD has only recorded two such crimes, including one last week... More >>

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  On Mother's Day, Cops Say Father Killed 6-Month-Old Whittier Girl

  published May 13, 2013

  On Mother's Day L.A. sheriff's officials announced that a 21-year-old Whittier father was arrested on suspicion of murdering his 6-month-old baby girl. The suspect, Eduardo Orozco, was arrested over ... More >>

• Triple Murder In Harbor Gateway

  published May 13, 2013

  Updated at the bottom: An arrest has been made. First posted at 3:17 p.m. Friday. Three men were killed and another was wounded in an early morning shooting in Harbor Gateway. Officers responding to... More >>

• Marijuana: L.A. Police Union Says No Dispensary Is The Best Dispensary

  published May 10, 2013

  See also: L.A. Voter Guide to Medical Marijuana Measures D, E and F on May 21 Ballot. The fight over the future of L.A.'s marijuana dispensaries has made for some strange bedfellows. After trying to ... More >>

• Geisha Video That Disrespects Asian Americans Made With L.A. Tax Money

  published May 10, 2013

  Of all thing things the city does with your tax dollars -- writing unnecessary tickets, letting workers drink and go to strip clubs, sending the mayor to Washington every other week -- this has to be ... More >>

• Jogger Dies After She's Attacked by 4 Pit Bulls East of Palmdale

  published May 10, 2013

  Updated at the bottom: The victim has been identified. A marijuana grow was found in the search for the dogs. First posted at 1:45 p.m. A woman attacked by four pit bulls in the High Desert community... More >>

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  Farrah Abraham Rejected By Sugar-Daddy Dating Site

  published May 10, 2013

  That slippery slope from C-list celebrity to straight-up XXX video vixenr We have identified how it appears to work, at least for one reality TV personality turned porn star. The sugar-daddy website ... More >>

• 2 Teens Charged In Murder Case That Led To Upscale Rancho Palos Verdes

  published May 10, 2013

  Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of 42-year-old Long Beach man Christopher Waters, whose body was found April 23 in a burned out SUV in Rancho Palos Verdes. The second of the two suspe... More >>

• Law To Stop L.A.'s Broken-Meter Parking Tickets Moves Forward

  published May 10, 2013

  The city of Los Angeles always seems to find creative ways to tax that ass, from $234 moving violations to broken-meter parking tickets. An area state Assemblyman, Mike Gatto, is working to block the... More >>

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  CicLAvia Shuts Down The Heart of Wilshire Blvd. June 23

  published May 10, 2013

  CicLAvia, that closed-streets bike ride, has quickly evolved from a virtual neighborhood block party to a cultural tour de force in its short history. The last one, April 21, was so successful that t... More >>

• 3.0 Earthquake Near Marina Del Rey Awakens Westside From Spring Slumber

  published May 09, 2013

  A small earthquake jolted L.A.'s coastal communities today, creating an online buzz so great that it proved the world really does revolve around the Westside. The jolt of a temblor struck at 2:08 p.m... More >>

• LAPD 'Party Car' in Valley Ready to Bust Your Backyard Shindig

  published May 09, 2013

  Cops are spread thin in this country-sized city of nearly 500 square miles. Call one and she might come -- if you have a serious emergency. But in the San Fernando Valley, LAPD has found the cash to ... More >>

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  Koch Brothers' Interest in Los Angeles Times Met With DTLA Rally

  published May 09, 2013

  People are starving on Skid Row, children go without parents in South L.A., and immigrants will work for practically nothing in this town. But a couple of rich conservatives threaten to buy the Los A... More >>

• Jodi Arias Is Not White (and Other Lessons About Latinos)

  published May 09, 2013

  See coverage of the Arias case from our sister publication Phoenix New Times here. There was a time when using the term "Mexican" was thought to be impolite. Perhaps that sentiment stems from the Chi... More >>

• Melvin Ramos: South L.A. Man Wanted for Allegedly Molesting Own Relatives

  published May 09, 2013

  Cops say a 27-year-old man participated in "illicit sexual acts" with a number of underage girls. And the victims were his own relatives. That's what an LAPD detective told us about Melvin Ramos, w... More >>

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  SoCal Farm Workers Canned for Fleeing Firer All a Misunderstanding, Farm Says

  published May 09, 2013

  The story of more than a dozen farm workers fired after fleeing smoke from the Springs fire in Ventura County has turned out to be the story of more than a dozen farm workers who still have a job. Ma... More >>

• Mitt Romney To Help Out With San Diego-Tijuana Olympics Bid

  published May 08, 2013

  If the U.S. Olympic Committee told you your bid to host the 2024 Summer Games was no good, you'd probably slink back to whatever corner of the earth you came from. But not San Diego, the Little Big C... More >>

• Porn's Condom Problem Extends To Ventura County Now

  published May 08, 2013

  The porn industry has threatened to leave L.A. over two mandatory condom laws here. And it has appeared to have shut down much production in L.A. county, with speculation putting porn shoots in neigh... More >>

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  Dorner Carjack Victim Vows To Block Reward Payment

  published May 08, 2013

  The $1 million reward for the capture and conviction of Christopher Dorner went to four people, including a couple that was tied up in their cabin by Dorner (James and Karen Reynolds will get 80 perce... More >>

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  Marijuana Breathalyzer Test Could Be Near

  published May 08, 2013

  One of the problems with medical marijuana, at least from cops' perspective, is that pot is hard to detect in the field, and many drivers could be getting away with DUI because they're high but not dr... More >>

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  Robber Targets Market Steps From LAPD Station, Is Fatally Shot

  published May 08, 2013

  If you rob a store -- and we don't recommend it -- make sure it's not around the corner from a police station, because this is what happens: You get shot at not by one officer but by as many as three... More >>

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  Disney Wants To Own Dia De Los Muertosr

  published May 08, 2013

  Update at the bottom: It looks like Disney is backing away from its claims to Dia De Los Muertos. First posted at 12:38 p.m. It's bad enough that white folk have taken over our land (the Southwest), ... More >>